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Wild About Illinois Fishes!

Family Xenocyprididae - Sharpbelly Family

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Xenocyprididae

grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) [nonnative]
silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) [nonnative]
bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis) [nonnative]
black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus) [nonnative]

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